高中英语人教版2004年04

[00:11.89]Reading
[00:15.54]A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP
[00:19.62]Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.
[00:26.28]For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.
[00:34.53]Farmer'swives noticed that the well walls had deep cracks² in them.
[00:41.51]A smelly³ gas came out of the cracks.
[00:46.18]In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.
[00:53.32]Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.
[00:58.75]Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.
[01:04.31]At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976,people saw bright lights in the sky.
[01:13.06]The sound of planes could be heard outside Tangshan
[01:18.63]even when no planes were in the sky.
[01:23.49]In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked⁴ and burst⁵.
[01:30.96]But the one million people of the city,
[01:35.50]who thought little of these events,went to bed as usual that night.
[01:41.98]At 3:42 am everything began to shake.
[01:47.83]It seemed that the world was at an end!
[01:52.80]Eleven kilometres directly⁶ below the city
[01:58.05]the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began.
[02:03.40]It was heard in Beijing,which is one hundred kilometres away.
[02:09.78]One-third of the nation felt it.
[02:14.64]A huge crack¹ that was eight kilometres long
[02:20.20]and thirty metres wide cut across houses,roads and canals⁸.
[02:28.14]Steam burst from holes in the ground.
[02:33.10]Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.
[02:38.38]In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
[02:45.93]Two-thirds of the people died or were injured⁹ during the earthquake.
[02:52.59]Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.
[02:59.67]The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
[03:07.32]But how could the survivors¹¹ believe it was natural?
[03:12.97]Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.
[03:18.53]All of the city's hospitals,
[03:22.68]75% of its factories and building and 90% of its homes were gone.
[03:31.04]Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
[03:36.61]No wind,however,could blow them away.
[03:41.96]Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.
[03:50.32]The railway tracks¹² were now useless pieces of steel.
[03:55.65]Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.
[04:01.21]Half a million pigs and millions of chickens had died.
[04:06.67]Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were shocked.
[04:13.81]Then,later that afternoon,another big quake⁷ shook Tangshan.
[04:21.25]Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped¹³ under the ruins.
[04:27.42]More buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.
[04:35.07]People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
[04:41.13]All hope was not lost.
[04:45.26]The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.
[04:53.20]Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.
[04:57.46]The army organized teams to dig¹⁵ out those who were rapped¹⁴ and to bury the dead.
[05:04.40]To the north of the city,
[05:08.38]most of the 10,000 miners¹⁶ were rescued from the coal mines.
[05:14.31]Workers built shelters¹⁷ for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
[05:21.36]Fresh water was taken to the city by train,truck and plane.
[05:27.31]Slowly,the city began to breathe again.
[05:32.46]Using Language
[05:41.29]Reading,writing and speaking
[05:46.25]1.Read this letter
[05:51.43]and imagine that you are the student who was invited to give a speech.
[05:58.58]July 5,200__
[06:03.31]Office of the City Government
[06:07.75]Tangshan,Hebei  China
[06:12.61]Dear Student,
[06:16.27]Congratulations!
[06:20.21]We are pleased to tell you
[06:24.57]that you have won the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan.
[06:31.71]Your speech was heard by a group of five judges,
[06:38.08]all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year.
[06:44.43]Your parents and your school should be very proud of you!
[06:50.49]Next month the city will open a new park

[06:56.26]to honour those who died in the terrible disaster.
[07:01.62]The park will also honour those who helped the survivors.
[07:08.07]Our office would like to have you speak to the park visitors
[07:14.34]on July 28 at 11:00 am.
[07:19.48]As you know,this is the day the quake happened twenty-_____ years ago.
[07:26.85]We invite you to bring your family and friends on that special day.
[07:33.83]Zhang Sha
[07:36.99]Listening
[07:44.43]1.Listen to the tape as it tells the story of a man who was a survivor¹⁰
[07:53.29]of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
[07:59.84]Read the following statements¹⁸ and tell whether they are true or false.
[10:05.60]2.Listen to the tape again and then answer the questions.
[10:13.46]3.Listen to the tape again and mark liaison¹⁹
[10:20.83]and incomplete²⁰ explosion²¹ in the folowing sentences.
[10:27.28]Then practise reading aloud.
[10:31.54]Workbook
[10:40.08]LISTENING
[10:43.24]1.Read these statements and listen to the tape the first time.
[10:51.10]Then tell whether they are true or false.
[12:50.14]2.Listen to the tape again and then complete the following table.
[12:58.19]READING TASK
[13:05.95]THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS²² by Jack²³ London
[13:11.72]Never before in history has a city been so completely²⁴ destroyed.
[13:18.67]San Francisco is gone.
[13:22.74]Nothing is left of it but memories and some houses far from the centre of the city
[13:29.80]Its businesses are gone.
[13:33.64]The factories,hotels and palaces are all gone too.
[13:39.80]Within an hour after the earthquake,
[13:43.95]the smoke of San Francisco's fires could be seen a 160 kilometres away.
[13:51.71]The sun was red in the dark sky.There was no stopping the fires.
[13:59.16]There was no way to organize or communicate.
[14:03.83]The steel railway tracks were now useless.
[14:08.69]And the great pipes for carrying water under the streets had burst.
[14:14.75]All of the ways man had made to keep the city safe
[14:20.21]were gone in the thirty seconds the earth moved.
[14:25.25]Out at sea it was calm.No wind came up.
[14:30.82]Yet from every direction -- east,west,north,and south,
[14:37.06]strong winds blew upon the unlucky city.
[14:42.21]Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city's best buildings
[14:48.45]so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets.
[14:53.73]A list of buildings not destroyed was now only a few addresses.
[15:00.49]A list of the brave men and women would fill a library.
[15:05.95]A list of all those killed will never be made.
[15:11.23]Amazing as it may seem,Wednesday night was a quiet night.
[15:17.29]There were no crowds.The policemen said nothing;even their horses were quiet.
[15:25.05]There were no shouts or people doing crazy things.
[15:30.01]In all those terrible hours I saw not one woman who cried,
[15:36.07]not one man who was excited.
[15:40.23]Before the fires,through the night,
[15:44.59]thousands and thousands of people who had lost their homes left for safety.
[15:51.14]Some were covered in blandets.
[15:55.09]Sometimes whole  families put everything they owned and could save into wagons²⁵.
[16:01.85]They helped one another climb the high hills around the city.
[16:07.21]Never in all San Francisco's history were her people so kind as on terrible night.
[16:15.26]3.Listen to tape and practise reading the third paragraph²⁶ with feeling.
[16:24.08]LISTENING TASK
[16:32.26]1.You are going to produce an earthquake plan
[16:38.43]so that everyone will know what to do during an earthquake.
[16:44.98]When you listen the first time write down the three "things" that are mentioned.
[19:02.62]2.After listening the second time,give more details about each of the "things".

1 crack   

vi.发破裂声；噼啪地响；vt./vi.（使）开裂；破裂；n.裂缝，缝隙；爆裂声，破裂声，劈啪声

参考例句：

• There's a crack in this cup.这个杯子上有个裂缝。
• There's a crack on the underneath of the bowl.碗底有一道裂缝。

2 cracks   

v.打开( crack的第三人称单数 )；（使…）开裂；说（笑话）；开瓶

参考例句：

• Check the container for cracks or leaks. 检验容器是否有裂缝或者漏的地方。
• cracks in the metalwork 金属件上的裂缝

3 smelly   

adj.(口)有臭味的，发出臭气的

参考例句：

• The river was smelly today.今天这条河散发着一股臭味。
• The toilets in that restaurant were horribly smelly.那个餐馆的卫生间气味难闻。

4 cracked   

adj.有裂缝的；声音沙哑的；精神失常的v.破裂；崩溃(crack的过去分词)；发沙哑声

参考例句：

• The ice cracked as I stepped onto it. 我一踩冰就裂了。
• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。

5 burst   

vi.（burst，burst）爆炸；爆破；爆裂；爆发；vt.使…破裂；使…炸破；n.突然破裂；爆发

参考例句：

• We all held our breath till the bomb burst.我们屏住呼吸直到炸弹爆炸。
• She suddenly burst into song.她突然唱起歌来。

6 directly   

adv.直接地，径直地；马上，立即

参考例句：

• I will telephone you directly I hear the news.我一听到消息，马上打电话给你。
• She answered me very directly and openly.她非常坦率地、开门见山地答复了我。

7 quake   

vi.颤抖，颤动，震动，发抖；n.地震，颤抖

参考例句：

• The earth suddenly began to quake.大地突然摇晃起来。
• The quake was one of the strongest to hit Japan this year.此次地震是日本今年发生的几次最强烈地震之一。

8 canals   

运河( canal的名词复数 )； 管道； 气管； 食道

参考例句：

• The city is criss-crossed with canals. 这座城市里运河纵横交错。
• Canals and rivers form the inland waterways of a country. 运河和江河构成了一个国家的内河水路。

9 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。

10 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

11 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

12 tracks   

n.小路( track的名词复数 )；跑道；路径；轨道v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数 )；跟踪摄影；留下（脏）足迹；追随（潮流等）

参考例句：

• Tracks led up the mountainside. 小径沿着山坡向上延伸。
• All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes. 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。

13 trapped   

adj. 捕获的，被困的，截留的 动词trap的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck. 有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。
• The thief was trapped by the police in an old house. 小偷被警察困在一所旧房子里。

14 rapped   

v.突然说出( rap的过去式和过去分词 )；（公开地）严厉批评；突然大声说出；连续敲叩

参考例句：

• He rapped sharply on the door. 他猛烈地敲门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The king rapped on the table with his heavy metal ring, and the company fell silent. 国王用他重重的金属戒指敲打桌子，使客人安静下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

16 miners   

矿工( miner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The coal miners have come out for about two weeks. 煤矿工人已罢工约两周了。
• The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them. 洞穴的顶部坍了下来，砸在矿工身上。

17 shelters   

n.居所( shelter的名词复数 )；避难所；（无家可归者或受虐待者的）收容所；遮蔽

参考例句：

• During the blitz we spent the night in underground shelters. 空袭期间，我们在防空洞过夜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall shelters the garden from the north wind. 围墙给园子挡住了北风。 来自辞典例句

18 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

19 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

20 incomplete   

adj.不完全的，不完善的

参考例句：

• The building was left incomplete.那座楼没有完工就停下来了。
• His novel was incomplete when he died.他死的时候他的小说没有写完。

21 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

22 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

23 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

24 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

25 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

26 paragraph   

n.段落，短评；vt.将…分段，分段落；vi.写短评

参考例句：

• Each paragraph begins on a new line.每段都另起一行。
• There's a paragraph on the matter in the paper.报纸对这件事有一短篇报道。